Dolichopus trivialis
4-5 mm. Metallic green abdomen and thorax, yellow legs with dark tarsi. Pale hair fringe under hind femora. Single apical bristle on the front tarsus (basal segment).
Other Dolichopus species.
Grassland, gardens and post industrial sites.
May to August.
Feeds on midges and other small insects.
Fairly widespread in Britain. The majority of records seem to come from Wales and the west of England.
Reasonably common in Leicestershire and Rutland.
David Nicholls
Coalville Meadows
26 June 2021
David Nicholls
Ratby, Wirlybones Wood
14 July 2022
Graham Calow
Former Nailstone Colliery site
13 June 2017
female - specimen examined
David Nicholls
Coalville Meadows
26 June 2021
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Flies
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Diptera
- Family:
- Dolichopodidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 8
- First record:
- 13/06/2017 (Calow, Graham)
- Last record:
- 08/07/2024 (Nicholls, David)
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Ratby Change
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Ratby Change
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